Disparaging what one cannot obtain; pretending that something is not worth having.
Examples:
- The losers' scorn for the award is pure sour grapes.
Origin: from Aesop; English first recorded in Caxton's translation, 1484
Disparaging what one cannot obtain; pretending that something is not worth having.
Examples:
Origin: from Aesop; English first recorded in Caxton's translation, 1484